Three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday that the Justice Department is preparing to seek the indictment against the former Cuban president, connected to his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

The announcement is expected at a ceremony to mark the deadly 1996 shooting of two civilian planes, which remains one of the most politically charged episodes in modern U.S.-Cuba…

The Trump administration is escalating its regime change campaign in Cuba.

Move comes as Trump pushes for regime change on communist-ruled island